Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A MISSOURI SHERIFF went nome IN DIS
guise IN the evening to see If his wire wou'o
scare. She fired three shots at him SO
| promptly that ne dropped his EXPERIMENT anu
/ began looking for the end of one OF MS
| fingers.
BoRNEo has come into the field OF tobacco
| growing competitors. A recent shipment
| which arrived in London from that colony
! found ready sale, and was pronounced to be
! equal in all respects to the valuable cigar TO-
| bdcco produced In the neighborlng Island OF
| Sumatra.
| -FOUR YEARS AGO there was lad selling
| Eastern newspapers on the streets Of Denver.
He got l6c. copy for them. He invested his
money in real estate. He has gone out OF the
! newspaper business. To-day he collects an
| income from property valued at between $780,
| 900 and 100000.
THERE is nothing like paper. At Vienna
| pipes are made of paper and designed for
conveying gas ana water under ground.
| They are rolled from sheets like fireworks
| cases, charged with asphalt during the roll
Ing, and linen with an insoluble enamel.
| They are only half an inch in thickness, and
| yet will resist an internal pressure OF 1000
| pounds.
A FARMER residing near Fairfield, Ia ,
| started fish pond four years ago with three
German carp. about two inches long and very
| small. He now reports his stock at $4,000.
| after having sold hundreds for stocking ponds
In other parts of the State. The fish are said
/ to be as tame as chickens and source OF
great pleasure to the family. There is food
| for reflection in this statement for those who
| like carp.
MAJ. SCHAoK, an inspecting officer of the
Danish army, holds that the nose is the index
| of character, and hiss written book In sup
| port of his theory. He has studied thousands
| OF recruit noses, and, having followed the
| subsequent careers Of their owners has
| reached n
trousse nose betokens cunning and fnesse;
straight and thin nose taste and delicacy; an
equiline nose Judgment. reason and egotlsn;
a shapeless, clumsy nose intellectual dullness
| and want of sayOir faire.
How do you dor" That's English and
American. ''How do you carry yourself?"
| That's French ''How do you stand?' That's
Italian. elbow do YOU find YOURSELF" That's
| German. 'HOw do you fare?" That's Dutch.
"how can yonW That's Swedish. Glow do
you perspire?" That's Egyptian. "How is
| your stomach? Have you eaten your rce?"
| That's Chinese. How do you have yoursef?'
| That's Polish. ''How do you live on?" That's
| Russian. May thy shadow never be less"
| Ihaps Perslan- and all mean much the same
| thing.
| The cowboys have a language of their own
which no ''tenderfoot'' may attain unto until
he has served his novi tiate, They call horse
herder'' 'horse wrangler." and horse
| breaker "broncho buster" Their steed ls
often "cayuse," and to dress well is to rag
| proper" When a cowboy goes out on the
| prairie he "hits the fat" " Risky is ''family
| disturbance" and to eat is to ''chew." His
| hat Is 'cady, )" his whip "quirt," his rub
| Der coat ''sllcker," his leather overals are
chaps" or "ehapperals,'' and his revolver is d
| 10" Bacon is overland trout" and I'm
branded cattle are "mavericks.'
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY, being asked as to the
statement that he had written to a friend in
New York that the cipher rule in the Shakes
pearep lays had failed, that he had applied 1t to
"Pericles," the "Wlnter's Tale" etc, and 1t
| would not work. said that he could only replv
IN the words of Sir John Fastaff: Lord!
| Lord! how this world is given to lyingn He
had written no such letter to any person; he
had never attempted to apply the cipher rule
to the plays mentioned; he had enough to do
10 work out the cipher narrative In first and
second ''Henry w." The cipher was real
lty. as he would soon satisfy the world.
DAKOTA LADIES will have fashionable
styles. leading merchant in one of the
towns states that many of his lady customers
buy the most costly material for dresses on
the installment plan, paying each month what
can be realized from hens and cows. One lady
| in The Upper James Valley. not having the
| hens or cows, and the wheat crop leaving no
margins. was at loss how to secure fine fur
cloak, but proved equal to the occasion. She
went to trapping minks. She had great sue
cess and tanned the hides herself. She then
sent them to st. Paul house. and had re-
turned beautiful cloak at small expense.
The st. Paul parties wanted to give her $l25
for it, but she would not sell it at any price
AFEw DAYS ago a colored boy, l6 years of
age. rode on the back of an OK from Central
Station, on the Western division of the Nor.
folk and Western railroad, to Wilson's Depot
in Dinwddie county, Va, a distance of over
700 miles, without anything to eat or drink
and without being seen by anyone. 1t ap-
pears that the boy got on the train at Central
alf in, h
which was loaded with cattle. He then
mounted the OK and remained seated on the
animal until the train reached Wilson's
Depot, when his presence IN the car was dis
covered. He was ordered from the train, and
when asked why he had got into the car with
the cattle sagely remarked: ITO keep warm"
A BOSTON MAN purchased tickets at the
station in Boston for Montreal, and took a
berth in the sleeper. When he arrived in
Concord N. H., he became possessed Of the
idea that he could not sleep until he had
| drink, and Notwithstanding the conductor
told him the tram stopped but two or three
! minutes. he left his gripsack upon the car and
ran upon the street to the nearest bar and got
his drink. He got back to the station lust in
time to see the rear end of The train as it
passed out of tie railroad yard. He rem lined
| there over night and in the morning he heard
| Of the frightful accident near White River
| junction, VT, which he had 80 narrowly es-
| capped. He took another drink and returned
to Boston.
DION BoUCICAULT has two faces-one aged
65, for private life, and one of 25 for the stage
| When he steps forth as Conn. the Shaugh-
raun," it is difficult to realize that the rosv-
checked, rolllcking lad is the old gentleman
seen in audience with his young bride. With
in the last three or four years Boucicault's
hair, which he wears long on the back of hia
head from about the height OF the top of his
ears, has become perfectly white. The uppe r
part Of his head is entirely bald, his bristlv
monstache Is snowy and the lines of his fac
show his age. He is erect in carriage vet, but
his movements lack has old-time springlnehs
and his walk Is not as jaunty as IL USED
to be. But he is master of the art II
making up" and in half AN hour can
renew his youth in the dressng
room. He does not use a great deal Of paint
| but he knows just where and how to put /
on. Plenty of red over the whole face, deem
| ened on TIE cheeks, is the first requisite
| Then the lines around the eyes are lightened
and apparently filled up. A curly wig covers
his head. and his long hair is tucked up out
of sight. Bouccaut never shaves Off his
moustache. but nobody can detect any signs
/ OF HAIR on the upper lip of Conn in the plav,
| Some actors use what is called a moustache
| mas9. a thin piece of rubber or parchment
that can be stuck upon the upper lip and
| covered.
THE salary list of h good sized circus runs
anywhere from $500 to $1,000 day. Fore
paughs pay roll calls for the latter amount,
| "a II IF tha Rar ala